Peter Schreier - Easter Impressions - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Peter Schreier is one of the legendary tenors ofthe twentieth century. The foundation for hisexceptional 60-year career is his intensiveinvolvement with Protestant church music,whether as a boy alto of the Dresden Kreuzchor ata young age, or later as an outstanding evangelist.The music of Johann Sebastian Bach is the linchpinof his career.The tenor is accompanied by the LeipzigGewandhaus Orchestra conducted by ErhardMauersberger, Johann Sebastian Bach's 14thsuccessor as cantor of the Thomaskirche inLeipzig. For the first time, this album is nowreleased on CD.

Peter Schreier - Arias Cantatas Oratorios [COMPACT DISCS] date 07/08/2008

In memory of the great tenor Peter Schreier,Berlin Classics released a reiussue of the 4-CDbox InchVom Knabenalt zum lyrischen TenorInch,which was originally released in 1995. The CDbox contains recordings of lieder, opera arias,arias from cantatas and oratorios and alsofrom his time as a boy alto in the DresdnerKreuzchor. A cross section of the entire careerof a singer whose enormous talent wasalready discovered and supported in hischildhood by the former conductor of theDresdner Kreuzchor, Rudolf Mauersberger.Additionally the CDs are accompanied by ashort biography, which gives an excitingoverview of Peter Schreier's career stages.